Pakistan security forces killed 67 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight operations, repulsing their attacks at 16 locations along the southwestern border early on Tuesday, according to the Information Minister Attaullah Tarar.
Providing updates on the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched on February 26 in response to the Afghan Taliban raids, the minister said 40 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed in overnight operations in the border region along the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Physical attack was attempted at one place, while a fire raid was conducted on 12 locations, which were all repulsed without any loss of life,” he said in an update posted on X.
“At least 40 Afghan Taliban were killed in the overnight operations in KP,” he said, adding that 'follow-up' operations continued.
Separately, the Afghan Taliban resorted to physical attack from across the border on 16 locations in Northern Balochistan in Qilla Saifullah, Noshki and Chaman districts while engaging Pakistan troops on 25 locations in a fire raid.
“The attacks at all the locations were repulsed; 27 Afghan Taliban militia were killed and scores injured,” he said, adding that one soldier of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan North was killed while five soldiers were injured.
On Monday, the minister said in a statement that Pakistani security forces have till now killed 435 Afghan Taliban combatants and left 630 injured. He said 188 tanks and armoured vehicles were destroyed, 31 Afghan posts were captured, and 51 locations across Afghanistan were successfully targeted during air strikes.
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